Author: Dr. Terry Crowley Publication Date: 2012 Edited: 2023 Ward One in Guelph has been the least-known part of the old nineteenth-century City. As a section of Guelph's core, Ward One is cut off from the Downtown by a drumlin and two rivers that restricted its early settlement and make it difficult for cars. The layout of the street...
Author: Kevin Woodger & Dr. Elizabeth A. Stone Publication Date: 2012 Edited: 2023 The Ontario Veterinary College (OVC), the oldest veterinary school in Canada and the United States, opened its doors in Guelph for the first time in the fall of 1922. According to Dr. C. D. McGilvray, the OVC principal at the time of the move, the proposed...
Author: Leanne Piper Publication Date: 2013 Edited: 2023 The earliest known image of Old City Hall, circa 1862. (Source: Coopers, Toronto, 1862). On September 18, 1856, citizens of Guelph gathered at a vacant site at the corner of Market Square to lay the cornerstone of their new Town Hall and Market House. The mood was celebratory: the band...
Author: Lloyd Longfield Publication Date: 2012 Edited: 2023 As far back as ancient Phoenicia and Egypt, perhaps as long as commerce has existed, traders have banded together to seek common protection and develop common goals. Later, codes were established to govern the conduct of trade. And still later, efforts were begun to exert influence on legislative matters. The...